I finished Friday Night Lights by H G Bissinger, following the 1988 Permian Panthers high school (American) football team and the passion and devotion of its supporters and those of other teams in Odessa and wider Texas. Quite a remarkable read.

One Winter: Romance, Rock 'n' Roll and Rugby League in the Swinging Sixties
One Summer: Romance, Redundancy and Rugby League in the 1980s
One Autumn: Work, Family Life and Rugby League in the 1990s
One Spring: Romance, Rock 'n' Roll and Rugby League in the 1970's

to get through, which I'm looking forward to.

"it is a well known fact that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it."

One Winter: Romance, Rock 'n' Roll and Rugby League in the Swinging Sixties One Summer: Romance, Redundancy and Rugby League in the 1980s One Autumn: Work, Family Life and Rugby League in the 1990s One Spring: Romance, Rock 'n' Roll and Rugby League in the 1970's

to get through, which I'm looking forward to.

Mastersleuth that I am, I think I may have detected a scintilla of a theme, there...

Next up for me is 'The Light's on at Signpost', George MacDonald Fraser's memoir of his time as a Hollywood screenwriter, working with everyone from Steve McQueen, Federico Fellini and Burt Lancaster to Arnold Schwarzenegger and Brigitte Nielsen.

Between the optimist & the pessimist
The difference is quite droll:
The optimist sees the doughnut,
The pessimist sees the hole.

One Winter: Romance, Rock 'n' Roll and Rugby League in the Swinging Sixties One Summer: Romance, Redundancy and Rugby League in the 1980s One Autumn: Work, Family Life and Rugby League in the 1990s One Spring: Romance, Rock 'n' Roll and Rugby League in the 1970's

to get through, which I'm looking forward to.

You'll whizz through them - so good to read that you'll feel like you're there with them. They should be compulsory reading for any self-respecting rugby fan!